2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index bf09cbf938cc..835d4ea61b0e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ fail_free_drop:
 fail_drop:
         dquot_drop(inode);
         inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
-        inode->i_nlink = 0;
+        clear_nlink(inode);
         unlock_new_inode(inode);
         iput(inode);
         brelse(bitmap_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 0629e09f6511..8a60e3327659 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ retry:
 
         if (err) {
 out_clear_inode:
-                inode->i_nlink = 0;
+                clear_nlink(inode);
                 unlock_new_inode(inode);
                 ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                 iput (inode);